Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi said that the next round of talks between Iran and world powers will give the West the chance to establish trust, the local satellite Press TV reported on Sunday.

Salehi made the remarks in a meeting with Japanese former premier Yukio Hatoyama in Tehran on Saturday.

Tehran will not give up its nuclear rights as a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and as a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said Salehi.

"Iran has endured all problems and restrictions for more than three decades to preserve its political independence and is determined continue this path," he was quoted as saying.

Hatoyama also expressed gratitude to Iran for "Tehran's significant contribution" of aid to the tsunami-stricken people of Japan, according to the report.

In a message to Iran's supreme leader, U.S. President Barack Obama have said that Tehran can have a civilian nuclear program if it never pursues a nuclear weapon, the Washington Post said on Friday.

"President Obama has signalled Iran that the United States would accept an Iranian civilian nuclear program if Supreme Leader (Ayatollah) Ali Khamenei can back up his recent public claim that his nation 'will never pursue nuclear weapons,'" said the report.

The newspaper said that the verbal message was sent to Khamenei via Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan who visited Tehran last week.

But Obama did not specify whether Iran would be allowed to enrich uranium domestically and this delicate issue evidently would be left for the upcoming talks between Iran and the six world powers, said the report.

It was previously reported that the six world powers and Iran will meet in Turkey's Istanbul on April 13 and 14 for talks over Tehran's disputed nuclear program.

But Iran recently proposed that Baghdad should also be considered as the venue for the talks. So far, the issue has not been finalized yet.